On 21/07/2013 9:32 PM, Eric Rescorla wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Roman Shpount <roman@telurix.com
> <mailto:roman@telurix.com>> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 8:40 PM, Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com
> <mailto:ekr@rtfm.com>> wrote:
>
>
> Generally, we've talked about three kinds of APIs:
>
> High-Level: Effectively SIP in the browser
> Mid-Level: What we have now
> Low-Level: Something in the vein of CU-RTC-Web
>
> We've seen proposals for all of these and I think there was
> rough consensus to do a mid-level API and in particular
> JSEP (and incidentally not to do a low-level API). To my
> knowledge, there has never been any kind of consensus
> call not to do a Mid-Level API, and it would represent
> a major shift in WG direction.
>
>
> I would see API more of the continuum then exact division between
> the three categories.
>
>
> Sure. I'm just trying to reserve use of "high level" for something
> rather far above
> the current API.
Upon further reflection, I agree with Roman. The current API is not
a "mid-level" API so much as a confused design mixing components from
the low-level and high-level APIs. I agree with him that it is important
for us to deliver a consistent level of abstraction.
Gili
Received on Monday, 22 July 2013 02:44:50 UTC